When your employees use ladders on the construction jobsite, do they give more than a passing thought to ladder safety? As a construction business owner, do you? You and your employees should consider ...

Don‘t brush off ladder safety rules because you‘ve used ladders all your life. You may learn a thing or two. How many times have you used an oil drum, a bucket, a box, or a chair to step on because a ...

To carry a ladder safely, carry it at the midpoint over one shoulder, with the front end slightly elevated. If you want to pick fruit, trim branches, paint a ceiling, build a pergola, hang a birdhouse ...

When you take one step forward on a ladder, don’t take two steps backward—or worse. Ladder falls can occur in a fraction of a second. Following the proper procedures for safe ladder usage is well ...

Developed by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), this mobile app is designed to increase safety when using extension ladders. The interactive app features a multimodal ...

CHICAGO, March 12, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- There is still time to partner with American Ladder Institute (ALI) and participate in the second annual National Ladder Safety Month. For the entire ...

If your focus is on avoiding OSHA citations, then avoiding citations is what you’ll do. You’ll figure out what you can get by with, but you won’t necessarily prevent John from falling and breaking his ...

OSHA has proposed removing a major compliance deadline on fixed ladder safety – a change that could save employers billions in avoided costs. The agency published a proposed rule on April 6, 2026, ...